Buddhist celebration set

Meditation, music, lunch set Saturday

2:00 AM,
Apr. 29, 2012

Abbots of four Buddhist temples gather to plan celebration of the Buddha?s life. From left are the Venerable Gikwang Sunim from Wonkaksa, the venerable Khenpo Kalsang Gyaltsen from Tsechen Kunchab Ling, Brother Phap Vu of Blue Cliff Monastery and Venerable Xin-Xing from Dharma Seal Monastery.

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There will be a celebration of Vesak, Buddhism's holiest day, on Saturday 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tsechen Kunchab Ling, Temple of All-Encompassing Great Compassion, 12 Edmunds Lane. The event is free.

Vesak commemorates the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and passing more than 2,500 years ago in India. Since 1999, it has been recognized as a United Nations Day. Buddhist temples have come together for annual Vesak celebrations in major metropolitan areas in the United States such as New York City, Washington and Los Angeles. This will be the first time that Buddhists in the Hudson Valley have ...